Adventure Comics #138 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Al Wenzel; inks: Al Wenzel; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy [Clark Kent]
2	Around the World in 80 Minutes!	comic story	10	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Al Wenzel; inks: Al Wenzel	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Matt Briggs
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
6	Laugh, Crime, Laugh!	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Bull's-Eye (villain)
7	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9	Superboy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
10	Marooned in the Deep!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Jack (villain)
11	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
13	For Whom the Bridge Tolls!	comic story	7	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck Winter	Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Sir Butch of Beeler's Alley; Merlin the Magician; Sir Mordred at Camelot (villain)
14	The Magic Mess	text article	2	script: William Morrison
15	Green Lantern; Boy Commandos	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
16	The Johnny Quick Shave!	comic story	8	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles Sultan	Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Bill Tinker; Jane; Elmer; Tubby Watts

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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